We’ve all heard people saying that feminists hate men and want to control the world. I’d like to clear that up in this post by explaining what the concept of feminism is, what’s actually happening in the social justice world, and what should be happening.

A couple weeks ago I found out that Unicode is creating new diverse emoji with six different skin tones. At first I was psyched, because that’s one less whitewashed piece of media. But there’s always a catch. I scrolled through the official images of the new emoji. Wow, five new shades of tan and brown, and they’re pretty realistic too! — thought Sadie, full of hope and uncharacteristic optimism about a more culturally open internet. Of course, as my eyes landed on the last emoji, my optimistic spirit was instantly crushed.